It’s another brutally cold day across southeast Michigan, with wind chills hovering near zero (-18 degrees Celsius), and scattered snow showers dotting the area. Expect more of the same through the end of the weekend…good news for the ice sculptures at this weekend’s Plymouth Ice Festival! Skies tonight should at least partially clear which, with winds diminishing a bit, will allow surface heat to once again escape efficiently upwards…and that means another bitterly cold night. Lows should be around 5 degrees (-15 degrees Celsius). West wind at 4 to 8 mph will keep wind chills below zero.
Any sunshine Saturday morning will be replaced by increasing clouds through the day. While a snow shower cannot be ruled out at any point, the better chance to see one will be either late afternoon or early evening as a trough of low pressure crosses the area. Highs again will only reach the mid to upper teens (-8 degrees Celsius), with a west wind at 10 to 20 mph creating wind chills generally around zero (-18 degrees Celsius). Saturday’s sunrise is at 8:02 AM, and Saturday’s sunset is at 5:18 PM.
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Any Saturday evening snow showers should diminish rather quickly as the evening progresses, with skies becoming partly cloudy (perhaps even mostly clear). Lows near 8 degrees (-13 degrees Celsius).
Mostly sunny on Sunday, with highs near 20 degrees (-7 degrees Celsius).
Increasing clouds Sunday night, with lows in the mid teens (-9 degrees Celsius).
Cloudy on Monday, and becoming breezy. Highs in the upper 20s (-2 degrees Celsius).
Snow develops late Monday night, with lows in the mid 20s (-4 degrees Celsius).
Snow changes to rain on Tuesday, with temperatures gradually rising into the low 40s (5 degrees Celsius) Tuesday evening. It’s still not clear how much the snow will accumulate before it changes to rain…I’ll update you on this as soon as I have better clarity from the computer models. However, one thing that is becoming more apparent to me is that we’ll get a lot of rain later Tuesday into Tuesday night…perhaps a half-inch to three-quarters-of-an-inch. Keep in mind that the ground is frozen, so that rain won’t soak in and will just run off. Scattered flooding is something to keep on our radar (no pun intended).
Rain ends before dawn Wednesday, with temperatures falling behind the cold front into the upper 20s to near 30 degrees (-2 to -1 degrees Celsius).
Mostly cloudy and windy on Wednesday, with highs in the mid 30s (2 degrees Celsius).
We actually have another chance of rain on Thursday (but much lighter amounts than on Tuesday), with highs in the low 40s (6 degrees Celsius).
Lions weather at Seattle:
Conditions look less than favorable for our Lions in their big playoff game at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. A deep upper level low pressure area over the Pacific will gradually get closer and closer to the Pacific northwest coast, and send moisture streaming inland. Most of the daylight hours Saturday should be dry in Seattle. Then, spotty, light rain and wet snowflakes should move in close to kickoff. The precipitation should become more widespread and steady through the game (even if amounts remain light). Making matters worse is that temperatures will only be in the mid 30s…which would be fine if it was dry, but mid 30s when you’re wet makes you very cold very fast.
The Lions have been planning for this weather all week because, as with all outdoor away games, I’ve been updating the coaching staff daily with my forecast…which hasn’t changed since Monday. This won’t be a surprise…they’re ready for it. Go Lions!
